Tooth-mounting card



E. J. HUFF, 1R. TOOTH Moumm APPLICATlON- FILED DEC-1, I9I9.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

UNITED STAT EDMUND J. RUFF, .13., or PHILADELlPI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA, lasers-Non TO THE s. s. WHITE DENTAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

TOOTH-MOUNTING CARD.

Application filed December 1, 1919. Serial No. 341,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND J. Hurr, Jr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tooth-Mounting Cards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates particularly to stock cards upon which artificial teeth are mounted by the manufacturer, and from which cards the teeth are sold by the dealer to the dentist.

It is well known to those familiar with the manufacture and sale of artificial teeth that it is necessary that the dealer carry in stock various sizes, forms and shades of teeth, and that in order to make it conven ient for the dentist to select the particular class of teeth he desires, it is customary to mount a number of teeth having the same characteristics, or teeth of a set upon panels or cards, usually formed of wax or similar material, from which they may be withdrawn by the dealer as selected by the den tist, and replaced by new stock from the manufacturer.

It has been found in practice that these wax cards are disagreeable to handle, especially in warm temperatures, as they become soft and sticky, and when placed in a tray or drawer edge to edge, they tend to stick together and render it difficult to remove any one card without disturbing the adjacent cards. Moreover, the constant handling of these cards 'tends'to destroy the identification marks which are usually impressed or stamped thereon with aluminum stamping powder.

It is the principal object of my invention to obviate the difficulties above noted by providing a tooth mounting-card with a body of plastic material and a surface which will not be affected by temperature changes.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a tooth mounting-card with a stiffening jacket upon which identification marks may be printed without danger of accidental erasure.

My invention comprehends a tooth mounting-card having a wax body so constructed and arranged as to afford a material saving in the wax employed as compared with wax tooth mounting-cards as heretofore manufactured.

The form of my invention as hereinafter described, comprises a tooth mounting-card having a wax body provided with a jacket of sheet material such as paper.

My invention also includes all of the varlous novel features of construction and ar-' rangeinent as hereinafter more definitely specified. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a tooth mountingcard constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view of said card shown in Fig. 1, taken through one of the teeth mounted thereon, on the axis of the tooth pin.

In sald figures, the tooth mounting-card comprises the panel or bar 1 forming the card of plastic material such as wax or other sultable substance, provided with a jacket 2 of sheet material, such as paper, wrapped thereon, and having its edges 3 and 4 preferably overlapped as best shown in Fig. 2.

The paper jacket 2 may have printed thereon 1nscriptions 5, 6 and 7, setting forth the kind of teeth, the shade and mold, or other inscription as may be desired. The card thus formed, affords a suitable mounting for holding the teeth 10, which are provided with pins 11 arranged to pierce the paper jacket, and be embedded in the wax panel or bar forming the body of the card, as best shown in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that a tooth mounting-card constructed in accordance with my invention may be readily handled without the disagreeable effects incident to the handling of such tooth mounting-cards which are formed wholly of wax or any other plastic material that will become softened by moisture or the heat of the hand, as the paper provides a surface which is not thus affected and also provides a surface upon which the. inscription indicating the kind of tooth carried by the card may be permanently impressed or stamped, and not be affected by handling of the card.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the precise details of construction and arrangement as herein set forth, as it is obvi- 105 ous that various modifications may be made therein Without departing from the essential In witness whereof, I have hereunto set features of my invention as defined in the my hand this 29 day of November, A. D. 10

appended claim. u 1919. 5 thus descrlbed my invention, I EDMUND J. HUFF, JR.

A tooth mounting-card comprising a body Witnesses: of soft material having a Wrapper capable CLIFTON C. I-IALLoWnLL,

of being readily punctured. ELSIE F. JENTzsoH. 

